Despite the current ‘out of sync’ challenges, logistics and supply chain march on

The cover of the July edition of LM, for the annual State of Logistics edition, featured the headline “Out of Sync.” And, to be honest, that headline makes plenty of sense for all kinds of reasons, make no mistake. The word count for this column is not long enough to touch upon the myriad issues and challenges that we have all seen, as it relates to supply chain, logistics, and freight transportation challenges, going back to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, of course. But maybe that is OK, as we have all lived through these many challenges.

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